Developing your reading skill in English: The beginning
From Fokus magazine (M) 'Living English with Teech Airil'
by Airil Haimi Adnan @ Teech, April 2008
Apabila anda mempelajari suatu bahasa baru, kemahiran membaca amat perlu agar anda dapat menambah ilmu tentang bahasa berkenaan. Walaupun tidak semua orang gemar membaca, untuk menjadi seorang GELL yang berjaya anda perlu mencintai kemahiran ini. Membaca juga adalah titian ilmu yang akan membawa anda ke dunia baru serta mengembangkan imaginasi serta fantasi anda…
On your journey to become a GELL, you basically cannot run away from reading new things in English. But how do you start, and where should you begin, especially if you are trying to develop your reading skill independently on your own?
First, you must choose your reading materials carefully, so that you see suitable vocabulary being used in context. This not only helps you to become a good reader and to enrich your vocabulary, but it is also useful to help you practice your English grammar.
You must also remember that when you read on your own, you should start off with reading materials that are not too overwhelming either in size or with vocabulary which is too difficult to guess the meaning from the context.
